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Energy differences between frozen core and all electrons correlated.
MP2, MP3, MP4, B2PLYP, CCSD, and CCSD(T)

For CH3CH2NH2 (Ethylamine)

Energies in Hartree
Methods with standard basis sets
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z
Moller Plesset perturbation MP2=FULL -0.001143 -0.005072 -0.005072 -0.003821 -0.012738 -0.013982 -0.014233 -0.055825 -0.056823 -0.025705 -0.066635 -0.051418 -0.007822 -0.046778 -0.086634 -0.008900 -0.054785 -0.088515 -0.046651
MP3=FULL         -0.012472   -0.013968       -0.069102 -0.053653 -0.007364 -0.047977          
MP4=FULL   -0.004838     -0.012511       -0.059099   -0.069683   -0.007327 -0.048251   -0.008398 -0.056990    
B2PLYP=FULL -0.000344 -0.001510 -0.001510 -0.001136 -0.003757 -0.004113 -0.004187 -0.015929 -0.016228 -0.007449 -0.019114 -0.014696 -0.002319 -0.013537   -0.002638 -0.015815    
Quadratic configuration interaction QCISD(T)=FULL         -0.012481           -0.069549   -0.007288 -0.048150   -0.008354      
Coupled Cluster CCSD=FULL         -0.012348         -0.025886 -0.068921 -0.053572 -0.007192 -0.047754 -0.089932 -0.008244 -0.056431    
CCSD(T)=FULL         -0.012485           -0.069542 -0.053889 -0.007288 -0.048159   -0.009789   -0.091841  
STO-3G 3-21G 3-21G* 6-31G 6-31G* 6-31G** 6-31+G** 6-311G* 6-311G** 6-31G(2df,p) 6-311+G(3df,2p) TZVP cc-pVDZ cc-pVTZ cc-pVQZ aug-cc-pVDZ aug-cc-pVTZ aug-cc-pVQZ cc-pV(T+d)Z